How's AW? I've heard is pretty disappointing. Been meaning to pick that up as well.

Just got to Mexico in RDR...how much is left?

AW is ok so far. Definitely a gorgeous looking game and creepy. Right now, I'm interested in the story and want to finish it to know how it ends. It would have been cooler if there were puzzles and it was a little more difficult to start generators, rather than just pressing the A button three times when the marker gets in the HUGE green bar...but its not bad. I mean the story is pretty interesting.

AW is ok so far. Definitely a gorgeous looking game and creepy. Right now, I'm interested in the story and want to finish it to know how it ends. It would have been cooler if there were puzzles and it was a little more difficult to start generators, rather than just pressing the A button three times when the marker gets in the HUGE green bar...but its not bad. I mean the story is pretty interesting.

So the story is interesting but the game play blows. For a 10-12 hour game that I'll likely never play again, seems like a rental.

I better slow down and take my time. Can you return to the US and do more sidequests before beating the game?

ah, i didn't know you were an rpg guy. in that case, not too much is left. you can fast travel back and forth between new austin and mexico as much as you'd like, taking down bounties, night watching, doing stranger's quests, whatever

XEX is basically the .exe (executable) for an XBOX game or application. If you modify it at it's core then you basically have a cracked XEX. I am sure you've heard of game cracks for PC games: same idea.

For this type of modding, however, you will need a JTAG 360. These cost anywhere between $160 - $220. Another downside is that if you play unsigned or improperly signed code online...that's just askin' for a ban.

Game saving modding is much more affordable and practical. Hardware wise you need ONLY a $9 data transfer cable (or free if you are a saavy telephone speaker to XBOX Live CSR). Then you just need to learn a few things and you can start modding immediately! Of course people will complain when a maxxed out character appears online when the game's only been released for a few minutes but who cares, that's part of the fun..and once you get interested and do the research you can unban yourself (if and when it happens but life's short, who the eff cares) and keep goin'!

I'd be happy to teach you at my leisure (don't have much of it atm) but as surely as you know how to browse e90post and use code in the BB editor to make things bold or create smilies, you can edit game saves.

So the story is interesting but the game play blows. For a 10-12 hour game that I'll likely never play again, seems like a rental.

I wouldnt say the gameplay blows...its by no means anywhere close to red dead redemption, but its not horrible. However, it does kinda gets repetitive though after a while...shoot the shadows with the flashlight, shoot them with the gun, run to the next checkpoint, flashlight, gun, checkpoint. Rental is probably the way to go.